Goniopora dying, help needed

[Wernerdin]

Hi!

My purple goniopora is doing pretty bad, it seem to have gotten some kind of brown infection which is kinda visible on the pic below. I tried to blow it with a turkey baster and polyps came off.
It seems to have gotten bad when I put it in a higher flow/light place, since then, it hasn't opened. I put it back to the original spot like a week ago.

Nitrate: 3-5
Phos: 0.067
Calcium: 440
Magnesium: 1335
Kh: 8.45
All stable

 

[Lavey29]

How long have you had it? Tank age? What par and flow is it in?

 

[Wernerdin]

I had it for 3 weeks, the tank is 1,5 years old, I dont know par numbers, but an alveopora is next to it and it's thriving. Flow is shifting between moderate and low, surge like.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

If alveo beside it is happy, then I would say this goni doesn't like its spot, try moving it somewhere else.

 

[Wernerdin]

I'm afraid moving it more is gonna be even more stress, I heard these corals don't like moving. In my case too, it went wrong when I moved it, but perhaps it would have happened either way, I don't know.
Not looking good rn. If I blow it where the brown stuff is, the polyps want to come off.

 

[dakoop]

They might not like being moved but it already isn't happy where it is

 

[liddojunior]

I'm afraid moving it more is gonna be even more stress, I heard these corals don't like moving. In my case too, it went wrong when I moved it, but perhaps it would have happened either way, I don't know.
Not looking good rn. If I blow it where the brown stuff is, the polyps want to come off.

Ohh I couldn’t tell from photos. Okay so if there’s brown stuff. It’s infected with bacteria.

I actually have a colony get infected and I rescued it. Here is the during dip and post dip. I could take a photo later, but it’s has since come back and regrown over most of the old skeleton.

Edit: Yes the red flatworms survived all the dips. Resilient buggers but they’re gone now from my tank

 

[liddojunior]

To add what I did. I followed this protocol for the dips.
I actually did a full tank treatment with the antibiotics

Novel Ex-situ Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Treatment Protocol

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I followed the dosing instructions from this website

Ciprofloxacin Antibacterial Extra Strength 500mg - 10 Tablets

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Amoxicillin Antibacterial Extra Strength 500mg - 10 Capsules

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